Live even better! I’m sharing my best gifts of health and wellness. With the year coming to an end, what are you wrapping up? Gifts? Projects? Or maybe yourself in a blanket? 😉I have a few tools to help you get a LiveBest jump on the new year. Wrapping up projects The holidays are in full swing which means it’s time for holiday shopping for your friends, family, coworkers, and the favorite cook in your life. …
A beet and feta salad with crispy oven baked gnocchi wrapped up in Dijon vinaigrette has lots of yummy textures. This salad has interesting pieces in every bite. I love the warm gnocchi with the tender beets, fresh arugula, and creamy bits of cheese. What is gnocchi? Gnocchi [NYOH-kee] are an Italian dumpling, typically made with potatoes and flour. Small oval balls with ridges on the top, they are often boiled in water or sauce …
An Asian-inspired sheet pan dinner that is ready in less than 30 minutes. Honey and soy flavor salmon, and red peppers and snow peas make this an easy weeknight meal that is also good for company. While the oven is heating, chop and pepper and stir together a quick marinade to season the fish and sauce the vegetables. Salmon with veggies ingredients How to make sheet pan salmon and veggies Red peppers and snow peas …
Whole-grains and yogurt make Honey Cornbread a nourishing spin on a traditional cornbread recipe! Plus a peek inside a beehive to see how honey is made. Have you heard about slow food? It’s a movement to protect food cultures and traditions. I support the concept, but I’m pushing the envelope. This Honey Cornbread recipe is not slow food, it’s actually a quick bread, but the honey part? Slow Food. How I met a life goal One of …
An easy gazpacho recipe, this cold Spanish soup goes gourmet with canned crab spooned over top. Gazpacho is a soup for summer. A traditional recipe from southern Spain where the nights are hot and the days are hotter. This is the recipe you want when you don’t want to turn on a stove or oven. Gazpacho is a raw vegetable blended soup made from tomatoes, cucumber, bell peppers, onion, olive oil, vinegar, and bread crumbs. …
Cherry Herb Cheese Salad is summery goodness with fresh cherries, whole grains and fresh herbs with creamy goat cheese. Every bite is scrumptious and fresh in this easy salad! Cherry salad with fresh herbs and goat cheese This refreshing summer salad with creamy herb goat cheese and cooked whole-grain spelt looks like a million bucks, but comes together easily. And the salty cheese and sweet cherries made a delicious combo. 😉 Blend herbs, yogurt …
Healthy Zucchini Bread with olive oil, yogurt, whole grains, protein, and fiber with less sugar and fat. Plus basil adds a flavorful twist. Does your counter look like mine? Piled with summer vegetables? I love ’em. But it’s hard to keep up! Especially zucchini. All. That. Zucchini. I’ve stuffed zucchini, grilled it, sautéed it, and added it to salad. I avoided baking zucchini bread because so often these loaves taste like dessert. But the zucchs kept coming, so …
Pasta with asparagus and lemon wrapped up with creamy blue cheese is an easy dinner recipe. Quick for a weeknight, but good enough for Saturday night company, this one-pot meal is ready in less than 30 minutes. Like an Easter egg hunt, that’s how many people remember picking asparagus. Searching for stalks along river and creek banks when they were kids. It was a family outing with a yummy reward. Today most of us stroll the produce section rather than …
Fresh asparagus salad with walnuts, Parmesan and a lemon vinaigrette packs spring flavor into every teeny, tiny bite. One of my best asparagus recipes + top 10 tools in my kitchen. My kitchen is valuable real estate. I limit my collection of gadgets because I don’t have much storage space. Multitasking equipment is what I want. I surveyed fellow dietitians who know their way around the kitchen and found some great ideas on how the use …
Originally published February 2017; I updated with even more Tucson awesomeness January 2022. For a food enthusiast, Tucson is a big deal. A Big Deal. Big Tucson is the first city in the U.S. designated a World City of Gastronomy by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Scroll down to see some places to eat and drink. If you’re headed there, here are a few personal recommendations of… What to do in Tucson These Tucson things …